STI closes 2.79% lower, below 3,000 points (via ST iPhone App)

Singapore stocks fell 2.86 per cent at midday on Tuesday as investors worried over the extent of further losses from Japan's deadly earthquake and tsunami as well as problems at the country's damaged nuclear facilities. -- PHOTO: REUTERS SINGAPORE stocks closed 2.79 per cent lower on Tuesday as investors worried over the extent of further losses from Japan's deadly earthquake and tsunami as well as problems at the country's damaged nuclear facilities. Falling below the 3,000 points support level to 2,946.08, it's the lowest the Straits Times Index (STI) has been since August 2010. Meanwhile in Tokyo, stocks shed more than 10 per cent as Japan's nuclear crisis deepened after two more blasts and a fire at an atomic power plant. The crisis has led to a huge stock sell-off, with Japanese giants such as Sony and Toyota hit after they were forced to halt production in the countr...